Basehor is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 7,544 people and three associated neighborhoods, Basehor is the 50th largest community in Kansas. Much of the housing stock in Basehor was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Basehor economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Basehor, where the median household income is $100,608.00. Basehor real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Basehor house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Basehor is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Basehor is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Basehor who work in management occupations (17.80%), sales jobs (8.87%), and office and administrative support (8.26%). Also of interest is that Basehor has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.02% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Basehor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Basehor citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.92% of adults in Basehor have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Basehor in 2022 was $43,144, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,576 for a family of four. However, Basehor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Basehor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Basehor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Basehor include German, English, Irish, Czech, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Basehor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Laotian.
